[ Couche], sb. chamber, W.
[ Couchen], v. to lay, place together, to lie down, MD, S2, C2, C3; cowchyn, Prompt.; cowchen, C.—AF. cucher, cocher, OF. colcher; Lat. collocare.
[ Coude], pt. s. could, S2. See [Kunnen].
[ Counforte], v. to comfort, S2, PP. See [Conforten].
[ Counte], sb. county, shire, P, MD; countee, MD, PP.—AF. counte; Late Lat. comitatum.
[ Countesse], sb. countess, C2; contesse, S2; cuntesse, S.—AF. contesse, from OF. conte, comte; Late Lat. comitem, a count (a court dignity), in Lat. a companion.
[ Countrefete], v. to counterfeit, C, C2; contrefete, MD; counterfeted, pp., C3.—From OF. contrefet, contrefeit, pp. of contrefeire, contrefaire; Lat. contra + facere.
[ Countre-taille], sb. correspondence (of sound); in phr.: at the countretaille, with corresponding sound, C2.—OF. contretaille, the one part of a tally, the counter-tenor part in music (Cotg.).
[ Countryng], sb. countering in music, S3; the plain chant, S3 (n).—See S3 (p. 453).
[ Coupable], adj. culpable, PP; cupabil, H.—OF. coupable.